On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 21:19 +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 12:33:08PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 10:56 +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 11:00:46PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > > > > > In any case, I rebooted using SysRq+S+U+B (I think, at least - > > > > > couldn't see > > > > > anything) and installed firmware-linux-nonfree, rebooted once again > > > > > for good > > > > > measure, and tried startx again, and now it just aborts X saying: > > > > > > > > > > [ 137.038] (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed because > > > > > of a version mismatch. > > > > > [dri] This chipset requires a kernel module version of 1.17.0, > > > > > [dri] but the kernel reports a version of 2.12.0. > > > > > [dri] Make sure your module is loaded prior to starting X, and > > > > > [dri] that this driver was built with support for KMS. > > > > > [dri] Aborting. > > > > I'm afraid that's as good as it gets. When using a display manager, it > > should automatically try starting the X server again, which should > > succeed. > > What about the first upgrade issue, the lack of firmware?
It's hard to say anything about that without seeing at least the dmesg output and Xorg.0.log corresponding to the problem. > > > > Means your radeon kernel module is not being properly loaded by udev. > > > > You need to figure out why. > > > > > > There's nothing strange about it, at least none that I can see. > > > You can see in the attached dmesg output that it worked fine. > > > > dmesg can't tell you why the kernel module wasn't loaded by udev. > > But it *was* loaded by udev. If it was, there wouldn't have been a problem. > I don't run 'modprobe radeon' at any point between the two tests. > After the broken startx, it's loaded, which is why > it is in the dmesg output I sent you. It's loaded by the X driver on demand, which is necessary for UMS. The problem is it's too late for KMS. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1337067086.7335.260.camel@thor.local
